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title: Select the response that is consistent with the established approach… — Virtues: courage, responsibility, righ… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that is consistent with the established approach to an unjust rule. Exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 3 · Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties

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Select the response that is consistent with the established approach to an unjust rule.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response · **What happens:** select, be, establish · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established approach to an unjust rule.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	unjust	unjust	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established approach to a unjust rule; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It ought to be obeyed in perpetuity without objection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:e3:o1:1
# text = It ought to be obeyed in perpetuity without objection
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	obeyed	obey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	perpetuity	perpetuity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	objection	objection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | ought · passive |  | It |  | perpetuity |  | without objection | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It ought to be disregarded at the discretion of each person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:e3:o2:1
# text = It ought to be disregarded at the discretion of each person
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	disregarded	disregard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	discretion	discretion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disregard** | ought · passive |  | It |  | the discretion of each person |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It ought to be resisted by means of force

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:e3:o3:1
# text = It ought to be resisted by means of force
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	resisted	resist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	nsubj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resist** | ought · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of force | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It ought to be amended by fair and peaceable means

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:e3:o4:1
# text = It ought to be amended by fair and peaceable means
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	amended	amend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	peaceable	peaceable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **amend** | ought · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | fair |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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